Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, also known as Sea-Tac Airport, is located in SeaTac, Washington at the intersection of Washington State Route 518 and Washington State Route 99. It serves Seattle, Washington and Tacoma, Washington. The airport is a hub for Alaska Airlines and has the IATA Airport Code SEA. The airport has service to many destinations throughout North America, Europe, and East Asia.

On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which was headed on a Puerto Vallarta, Mexico-San Francisco International Airport in Millbrae and San Bruno, California (near San Francisco)-Seattle-Tacoma Airport route, crashed into the Pacific Ocean, killing everyone on board.

Concourses

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has 3 open concourses and 2 Satellite terminals.

Concourse A

Currently under reconstruction. It was the oldest section of the airport. It is due to reopen along with expanded public spaces and better views in 2005.

• China Airlines (Taipei departures - originates in Houston)

Concourse B

• America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
• Continental Airlines (Anchorage, Cleveland, Houston Bush, Newark)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York JFK, Salt Lake City)
• JetBlue (New York JFK)
• Southwest Airlines (Boise, Chicago Midway, Everett, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, Oakland, Phoenix, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Spokane)
• Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Concourse C

• Alaska Airlines (Anchorage, Boise, Boston, Burbank, Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Newark, Oakland, Ontario, Orlando, Phoenix, Reno, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Sitka, Spokane, Tucson, Vancouver, Washington Dulles)
• American Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, St. Louis, New York JFK)
• Horizon Air (Bellingham, Billings, Boise, Bozeman, Butte, Calgary, Edmonton, Eugene, Fresno, Great Falls, Helena, Idaho Falls, Kalispell, Kamloops, Kelowna, Lewiston, Missoula, Pasco, Portland, Pullman, Redmond, Santa Barbara, Spokane, Sun Valley, Vancouver, Victoria, Walla Walla, Wenatchee, Yakima)

Concourse D

• Alaska Airlines

North Satellite

• Air Canada (Toronto)
• Air Canada Jazz (Vancouver)
• Alaska Airlines
• JetBlue (New York JFK)
• Skywest dba United Express (Pasco, Portland, Salt Lake City, Spokane, Vancouver)
• United Airlines (Anchorage, Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo Narita, Washington Dulles)
• US Airways (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Charlotte)

South Satellite

• Aeroflot (Moscow)
• Air Mobility Command
• Alaska Airlines
• American Trans Air (Chicago Midway, Honolulu)
• Asiana Airlines (Seoul Incheon)
• Big Sky Airlines (Moses Lake)
• British Airways (London Heathrow)
• China Airlines (Taipei arrivals (Ends in Houston))
• EVA Air (Taipei (Originates and ends in Newark))
• Frontier Airlines (Denver)
• Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului)
• Horizon Air
• Northwest Airlines (Amsterdam, Detroit, Honolulu, Kahului, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Tokyo Narita)
• Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
• United Airlines (international arrivals)
• World Airways

• China Airlines (Starting June 22, 2004)